Parliament HIGHLIGHTS: Elected leaders take oath as MPs in Lok Sabha

Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda along with other leaders of the opposition carried copies of the Constitution.

Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda took oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

BJP MP Kangana Ranaut took oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

BJP MP Anurag Thakur takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

BJP MP Dr Nishikant Dubey took oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

"The issues related to the public should be raised but issues which create confusion should not be raised," he said.

During the first session of 18th Lok Sabha, TMC MP Mahua Moitra said that people have chosen Constitution over the BJP. Moitra said, "The BJP government was reduced from 303 seats to 240. They are not running the government on their own. They were claiming to get more than 400 seats, but did not get the majority. People have understood that on one side there is BJP and on the other, there is Constitution. People have chosen the Constitution. There is nothing bigger than this book for people's rights."

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale reacted to the opposition, protesting with copies of the Constitution. He said, "Now, the opposition does not have any other topic... PM Narendra Modi is not going to change the Constitution. But still, they (the opposition) are trying to advertise this in a wrong manner."

Congress MP Dean Kuriakose targeted the central government over the appointment of the pro-tem speaker. He said, "The selection of Pro-tem Speaker shows the attitude of this Government. They are repeating the same things that happened in the 17th Lok Sabha. It is not public will, they are playing against the public will and we oppose that. We will show our strength now..."

When asked if they will raise the issue of the alleged share market scam, he says, "People are expecting that from the Opposition. As Opposition that is our duty. We will show our strength and reflect the voice of the people inside the House."

Union Minister Suresh Gopi takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha. He was administered oath by pro-tem Speaker.

Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party MP KC Venugopal had a brief conversation with Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple Yadav and other Samajwadi Party MPs who demonstrated at the Samvidhan Sadan with copies of the Constitution.

BJP leader CR Patil, who won the Lok Sabha seat from Gujarat's Navsari', took oath as the Member of Parliament.

Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas (LJP-RV) leader Chirag Paswan took oath as the Member of Parliament. He won his late father's seat Hazipur Lok Sabha in Bihar.

BJP leader and MP-elect from Telangana's Secunderabad G Kishan Reddy takes oath and the Member of Parliament at the first session of the Lok Sabha.

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya takes oath as MP in the 18th Lok Sabha. Bhartruhari Mahtab administered oath to him.

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju took oath as MP. He won Arunachal West Lok Sabha seat.

MP-elect from Koderma Annapurna Devi takes oath in the Lok Sabha. Pro-tem Speaker administered oath to her. 

Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari administers oath to Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. He won Lok Sabha elections from Jodhpur constituency.

Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari administers oath to Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav. Yadav won the Lok Sabha elections from Alwar seat.

Cabinet Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia took oath as the member of Parliament. He won the Guna Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh. 

Union Minister Giriraj Singh takes oath as MP at the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha. He reached parliament after winning Begusarai Lok Sabha seat.

Cabinet Minister and MP-elect from Odisha's Sunbdargarh Jual Oram took oath in the 18th Lok Sabha.

Union Minister and MP-elect from Karnataka's Dharwad Lok Sabha seat Pralhad Patel took oath in the Lok Sabha. 

TDP leader and Cabinet Minister K Rammohan Naidu takes oath as the MP in the 18th Lok Sabha. He won the Shrikakulam Lok Sabha seat in the general elections.

Cabinet Minister Virendraa Kumar takes oath as the Member of Parliament. He won the Tikamgarh Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh.

Former Assam CM and Member of Parliament from Dibrugarh Sarbanad Sonowal takes oath. He is union minister in Modi 3.0.

JDU leader Rajeev Ranjan alias Lallu Singh takes oath as MP, He won the Munger Lok Sabha seat in Bihar.

Hindustan Awami Morcha (HAM) chief Jeetan ram Manjhi took oath as the Member of Parliament\. He contested the election as an ally of the BJP.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan took oath as the Member of Parliament.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal took oath as the Member of Parliament in the 18th Lok Sabha. He won Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat in the 2024 general elections.

HD Kumaraswamy, former Karnataka CM and MP-elect, takes oath in the Lok Sabha.

Cabinet Minister and former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar takes oath as the Member of Parliament. He won from Karnal Lok Sabha seat.

Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan takes oath as MP. He won Vidisha Lok Sabha in the 2024 general elections.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari takes oath as the Member of Parliament. he won from the Nagpur Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra.

Union Home Minister and MP-elect Amit Shah takes oath in the Lok Sabha.

Elected from Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency, Union Defence Minister takes oath as the Member of Parliament.

Faggan Sigh Kulaste takes oath as the Member of Parliament in the 18th Lok Sabha.

Radha Mohan Singh takes oath as Member of Parliament. 

Prime Minister Modi takes oath as the Member of Parliament for the 18th Lok Sabha. Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab administers oath to him.

I.N.D.I.A bloc leaders hold the copy of Constitution protest in front of Gandhi statue in Parliament.

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrives at the Parliament, ahead of the commencement of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha today.

PM Modi said, "We expect good behaviour from the opposition' He also urged the newly elected MPs to utilise the parliament to do good for the people. 

PM Modi assured the people of India that in his third term, he will do three times more hard work than in the earlier terms. He also said that the government has an experience of two terms.

Prime Minister in his address to the media said that on June 25, 50 years of the emergency will be completed, Calling it a black day, he said that the day can never be forgotten. During the emergency, the nation was made a prison.

PM Modi said that he will take everyone along while running the government.

PM Modi addressed the media before participating in Lok Sabha proceedings. He said that the government will take everyone along. PM Modi said that over 65 crore people voted in the elections and acknowledged his government's intentions.

Prime Minister Modi arrives in Parliament to attend the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha. He, along with other 543 members, will take oath today.

Bhartruhari Mahtab takes reached Rashtrapati Bhawan and took oath as pro-tem speaker. After taking oath, he met Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar and PM Modi. He will later administer oath to newly elected MPs. 

Kiren rijiju meets BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab who has been appointed pro-tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha. Both leaders leaves from Mahtab's residence in Delhi. President Droupadi Murmu will administer oath to Mahtab.

Kiren Rijiju said, "...I met all the leaders. Just now I met DMK Parliamentary Party leader TR Baalu. Everyone agrees that Pro-tem Speaker has never been an issue in the history of Indian Parliament and the appointment of Pro tem Speaker is basically to administer oath to the newly elected members and help in the election of the new Speaker..."

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju leaves from his residence for the parliament to attend the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha. 

At first, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be administered the oath, followed by the cabinet ministers including, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, among others. After the Cabinet Ministers, the MoS (Independent Charge) and MoS will take oath. After the oath of the full cabinet, other Members of Parliament from different states in alphabetical order will be administered the oath by the pro-tem Speaker.

All MPs of the I.N.D.I.A bloc will enter the Lok Sabha together. They will assemble where the statue of Mahatma Gandhi was placed earlier. They are likely to carry a copy of the Constitution.

The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha is going to start amid the continuing NEET UG paper leak row which may cast a shadow over the proceedings. The opposition has termed NEET as a scam and raised concerns over the efficiency of the National Testing Agency (NTA), responsible for conducting the medical entrance exam.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said he was positively looking forward to coordination to run Parliament, as the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha gets underway. In a post on X, Rijiju said he shall always be available to assist the members of Parliament as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.

According to the List of Business, the session will start at 11:00 am with an observance of silence to mark the solemn occasion of the first sitting of the 18th Lok Sabha, followed by the laying of paper on the table by the Secretary General. The paper will contain all the names of newly elected MPs. After this, the members will take oath or make affirmations and sign the roll before taking their seat.

Newly elected I.N.D.I..A bloc MPs will not sit on the Speaker's chair to assist the the Pro-tem Speaker during the oath-taking ceremony of MPs. Congress and I.N.D.I.A bloc parties are upset with the fact that tradition has been broken, 7-time BJP MP Bhratruhari Mehtab was made the Pro-tem Speaker instead of the 8-time Congress MP K Suresh